What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man … - Emil Cioran

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What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

Emil Cioran

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Emil Cioran (8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist whose work is known for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, which frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism.

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Alternative Names: Emil Mihai Cioran • Emil-Michel Cioran

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Albert Camus Fernando Pessoa Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche Henry Miller

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To be or not to be...Neither one nor the other.

All my life, I have lived with the feeling that I have been kept from my true place. If the expression "metaphysical exile" had no meaning, my existence alone would afford it one.

Without its assiduity to the ridiculous, would the human race have lasted more than a single generation?

What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity? - Emil Cioran

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